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this similarity of opinion between the two Na lions, on the subject of the war with Spain, might make the people of France perceive that peace would he no longer impossible if they were to consult their own opinion and their own interests, instead of the opinions and interests of their Tyrant ; hut thopeace of Europe is an objets of terror to BIJONAPARTE, and therefore he suppressed a Paragraph which pointed out ti+eposiblity of its restoration. The King's Speech adds, that the efforts of the 40‘striertis " have awakened in other Nations of Europe a determination to resist, by a new effort, • tbe continued and increasing encroachments on their safety and independence." BUONAPARTE dreads lest they should be awaken ed, because he knows that would put a period W his tyranny in France and in Europe, and thereloye he has suppressed that Paragraph. But of all the falsifications that ever were attempt.. ed, that which follows is, perhaps, the most curi ous:—" Aithough," says •tile Speech, " the uncer " taiuiy of all human affairs and the vicissitudes " • attendant upon war forbid too ooniideut an expec- " tation of a saustaaory issue to the present con " test against-the Coiiunou Enemy of Eur Ope, His " Majesty counnands us to congratulate you.on the " splendid and important success which has crowned Arms of the inperor of Au ST Ria, under the able " and distinguished conduct of his Imperial High " ness the Archduke CHARLES." The official Journal of BUONAPARTE thus falsifies this paragraph —" The uncertainty of all human at " fairs, and the vicissitudes which accompany war, " do not permit us to indulge too confidently in the " hope that the contest will terminate favourably, " for we have to contend against an Enemy of an " (active genius, with whom every thing prospers, " and all whose designs, even those which are most " incredible, succeed." The force of truth compelled tOONAPARTE to feel that. he was " the Comwon Enemy of Europe," and therefore he suppressed those words. In the place of the merited ealoginms on the Archduke CHARLES, and the congratulations of the King of England to his Parliament, on the vidory of Apern, he substitutes praises which he gives to himself for his activity and his irresistible success, and puts into the mouth of the King of England the same' lan guage that he commands FONTANES, and the other Orators of his Councils to use, when they attend him at the Thuilieries. It certainly was a very pleasant and ingenious device of BUONAPARTE to insert an acknowledgment of his invincibility, in a speech of the King et . En2land, addressed to his Parliament, and delivered in the midst of a Nation which he has tever conquered ) and by whose Fleets his own ha% e always been defeated. The concluding paragraph of the Speech, is also changed in the most impudent and ridiculous man- uer. " His Majesty has direited us to assure you, that " he is determined to continue his strenous assist " ance and support, convinced that you Nvili agree " with him, in considering that every exertion ior the re-establishment of the independence and se " curity of other nations, is no less conducive to the " true interests, than it is becoming .the character " and honour of Great Britain." The Moniteur alters this paragraph in the foaow -Ing manner : " Nevertheless, his Majesty orders us to assure " you, that he is determined to aid and support the &Oro of Austria with all his power, persuaded " that you will think that the measures which tend " to the re-establishment of her independence are de " I not less conducive to the true interests of Great " Britain, than they are becoming its chara6ter and " honour.- The Ruler of France having judged it expedient for his interests to leave out all that partof the Speech which relates to the effete which the heroic efforts of th e Spaniards had produced in - Europe: was com pelled to alter that passage iu which his Majesty pro- , thised his support to all the nations of Europe that were willing to throw off the tyranny of BUONA• PARTE. But he had another motive for confining to Auhtria, a n d to A ustria alone, the promises of assist,. `lnce troth the British Nation. It is of great portaoce to him to turn away the eyes of the People of France from the real cause of all the wars in w hich they ar e plunged, because the sole .cause of those wars is the necessity which BUONAPARTE has im posed 'upon all Kiwi b a n d sPeople, coming eithe r hi s upon a ll of be enethies or his sla ves —hi s accom plice s or his Vi&ittlii. Austria had no other mo tive in this war than that which, sooner or later, must area all Nations —the necessity of contend ing for their e x i stence and their independence, and the necessity imposed upon all Kings, either to resist. or to perish like CHARLES the IVth; or like FREDERIC WILL-lAM ; the first, for having served . fIuaNta,PARTE, and the seCond,, for being weary of his servitude. It is necessary that BUO'NAPARTE ilioold conceal theie alarming truths from- France, ctltertrise he would not be able to carry info effect his horrible law of comcrip.tion; thealwa l'e endeavours to persuade the people of .France, inat Austria and are united to attack - itan from political motives, and not trom the at..soltire ne cessity which compelled Austria to arms, in order to escape destruction, and which induced England to asbist her, in order to pieserve the iudepetidenco Of Europe. To conclude, BUONAPARTE having in the most shameless manner, permitted so gross a falsehood to appear in his Official Journal, has for the tUture ef fectually discredited the publications of his Govern ment. No document can exist of more indisputable publicity throughout all Europe than the King of England's Speech, pronounced in Parliament, and it is for that very reason that it is more important to expose these falsifications, and these incredible de ceptions which lie ethploys to impose upon a Mi lton of which he is the Tyrant and the plague. A Patent is preparing for creating Mr. Committ., of PiLudilly, a Baronet. The very serious and general coMplaints lately made of the scarcity of guineas prove to)iave been well founded. Several persons have been employed in collecting, in markets and other places where the circulation of the current coin of the country most predominates, specie to a large amount, for which they have been accustomed to give a premium of five per cent, in Bank notes. This infamous traffic is at length clearly traced to different sources, and it is ascertained, tl;at considerable quantities of guineas have been sent out of the country. Yes terday a seizure was made of some cases in which no less than thirty thousand gumeas were packed.— The most diligent search is making after the offend ing parties, and the guineas are safely preserved. SAILING MATCH.-Yesterday a silver cup and co ver, the gift of the Prn!)rietors of Vauxhall, was sailed for by the following Gentlein, n's Pleasure boats, subject to the regulations of the Cumberland Sailing Society : Spots. Boats. Masters. Place. Burthen. 1. The Spitfire, Coxet, London, 4 tons. 2. The Daphne, 13o s er, Di to, 4 3. The St. George, Cunstone, 1..)tt0, 7 4. The Caroline, Fillon, Stangate, 3 They started from Blackfriars at about ten minutes before six. The St. George and the Daphne affirst took the lead; but -unfortunately ter them, as they were tacking abreast of Somerset-house, they ran • foul of each other ; 'the other then shot a-head ; as they passed through Westminster Bridge, the Caro line was about two boats' length a-head of the Spit fire, and they were both of them full a cable's lenet h a-head of the other two. Abreast of Mr. Godfrey, the boat-builder's, at Bishop's Walk, Lambeth, a boat that did not belong to the match crossed the track of the Ceroline, and she, for tear of runnilig . it down, threw her sails aback for about a minute e the Spitfire then darted forward, and it was with difficulty tha• the Caroline recovered any thing near her former situation. Opposite Cumberland Gar dens the Caroline was again fouled, but she still hung close upon the Spitfire's cleaner. There was a good smart breeze at first ; and by tier great press of sail, it it bad continued, and there had been no, fouling, there was little doubt but that the St. George would have been the winner. Though the wind was in their teeth, it was pleasanter for all parties than the dead calm which came on just as they passed the Red Mouse ; they then had hardly steerage way up to Putney. As they turned back, the tide was falling, and they drove with the cur rent., The sternmost boats, however, "fell in with the full strength of Cle ebb, and recovered their dis tance ; so that at half after eight, when they reach ed Cumberland Gardens, the sternmost boat was not much more than two boats' lengths astern of the headmost. The St. George and the Spitfire were almost nose and tioae; the former, however, rather took the lead, ,until a slight breeze sprung up from off the land, which helped the latter forward, she being -on the land side, and the breeze not being strong enough to assist such a large boat as the St. George. The Spitfire then r e a c h e d t h e goa l t h e first, but the difference was barely discernible,, and the whole four boats might then be covered witle a sheet of canvas. The day was extremely fine, the river was crowded with boats, and among the rest there was one carrying a large bill for the ensuing lottery ; but, notwithstanding the vast crowd of boats, we did not hear that any accident occurred. boGGerr's"Coat and Badge is to he roWed for next Tuesday, in consequence of the boats having started without signal. FORTUNE-TELLING..--.At Marlborough-street Po lice Office, yesterday, a prophetess, of the name of Ann Dawson, was charged with obtaining of Eli zabeth Davis a 7s. piece, a dollar, and half a crown, under pretence of foretelling future events. It ap peared by the statement of the Prosecutrix, who re , bides in South -street, Grosvenor-square, that the Defendant accosted her at the area gate with he r basket of brok e n china, an d welked into the kitchen. The Prophetess informed Mrs. Davis, that her face denoted-good fortune, and after talking a Nile abOut her physiognomy, Mts. Davis crave:her half a crown to tell her tortutie. The sybil, after producing her book of planets, and the necessary apparatus to im pose on the ignorant, informed the credulous woman that a coronet was waiting for her at the death of her husband, which would soon take place, fur she would marry a Nobleman, by whom she would have four children. Jenny Ware, the Prosecutrix's servant, had her fortune told also, and was astonish ed at the LARNING of the Prophetess, who told her of a misfortune she had in the country years ago.— Mrs. Davis expressed her desire to hear more, and then the CHARM was introduced, that is, the De fendant received gold and si,ver, the 7s. piece and the dollar, to prognosticate further. A great secret then came out, that the husband of Mrs. Davis had a great deal of- hidden treasure, and in half an hour the Prosecutrix should be made acquainted with the biding place, as the chatm would in that time be perfect. The Prophetess left the house to return in half an hour ; but the anxious expeOation of Mrs. Davis was disappointed, and she never again saw her until yesterday morning, when the Defendant was apprehended. The Defendant was committed for the fraud. FRENCH PAPERS. • • MUNICH, JULY 18.- - =When the insurgents of the Tyrol saw the Ausirian troops evacuate the-ir un try, they sent a deputZtion .to the Bavarian: nd vanced posts, to implore mercy, and offered to de liver up the leaders of the instirielion. Experience has t a u g ht w h a t confidence is to be giveti to offers produced by fear. VIENNA, JULY 13. The news of the Armistice has spread inexpressible joy here: It is reported that the Emperor is on the point of proceeding to Paris. -By virtue of the Armistice, the French troops have occupied Presbiirgh. JULY` 12.—The Archbishop of this place has dressed a mandate to the Clergy and inhabitants of his diocese, exhorting those who fled into the woods, to return to their habitations, and threatening those of the Clergy who should fail to comply, with the loss of their cures, &c. HANovga, JULY io.=--The Committee of the Government has issued the following Prodamation " Having received official intelligence that a few hundred Englishmen had ilisetnbarked at the mouth of the. Elbe, iu the Baili wick of Rizzebuttel, the Committee of Governmeca informs ti'e public, that they have to be on their Luard against further un authorised reports. All the inhabitants are equally . to remain tianquil,ll they wish to avoid thLl sad consequences of an imprudent and hostile conduct. " The Members of the Committee." MADRID, JULY 12.--*ltlis Majesty is returned to bii capital, where he was ardently'desired, after an abse.nk:e of 20 . days. He found it in a state of per• fed tranquility. This return has destroyed the ab surd coiije&ures of a small number of malcontents, concerning pretended dangers towards the South. They are obliged to confess that the whole has been dreamt by them and their correspondents, since the King has brought back the troops 'who had followed him, and whose preSence . in La Mancha and Estra anadura has been rendered unnecessary by the flight of the rebels. MILAN, JULY 16.-A troop of robbers, who de scended trout the neighbouring mountains of the Tyrol, after having been dispersed by the garrison of Vicenza, attempted .to rally in the environs of Limigo, and seize upon that little town. But this project was but a source of shame to them. The gentt.irtnerie and the national guard beat them com pletely, and pursued them so nobly, a n d so f ar , t h at it is doubted whether they will henceforth rally, or rmikeltlie least attempt again. GRANvI LLE, JULY 1 B.—We see the English every day. A cutter was seen lately near the islands of Cbausey, by the gun-boats, which chased her and drove her away. Some men belonging to this cutter had landed the night before in the bay of Mount St. Michael, fled when they perceived the coast was guard , .:, On Sunday the it3th, three French ech.uns es caped from prison, landed at Cart. , :ret (between Granville and Cherbourg) in a b , at,they had, they say, seized in England. With them they say is an Anglo-American tii , :;nk. [atom THE ARGUS.] r f PA RI S, Jur. 23 positions which iht , . French army 11:: Fist taken, agreeably to the terms of the Armistice, are a proof of the importance of the bats;:. of NV:igrant. The conqueror is put in possession of two citadel i ; one, which the army of Italy, hi the glorious rapidity of its march, had been forced to leave behind it ; the other, which must have been obtained by force, in order to secure the positions ut the Eiench army on 'the frontiers of Moray " Another advantage dearer to humanity is the protnin evacuation of the` Tyrol 'and Voralberg by the Austrians, who remained in some cantons in those countries, atter the defeat of their corps, where their presence was fatal to the tranquility of the in habitants. The mere intelligence of the Armistice will suffice to show the weakness of an enemy, who, like s many robbers, has no biller means of sub sistence (Iran crimes and pillage. " Thus, at the first word of a pacific conqueror, are fallen tho-e incendiary prevjeils which the Cabi net of St. James's thought so powerful. Thus the pride of that great expedition vanished, concerning which iLseerned to be asked, What kingdom [lieu is to be conquered ? The exploits of this faloovis ex pedition are reduced to the capture of a little de fenceless town, and it is this. wretched conquest which is the countereart to the battle of Wagram.— it is a singular tiling, that the first disembarkation of the English in aid of Austria, should take place on the day when the last hope of that house was . destroyed : so tliat it might. via happen that the ships which transported the rear-guard,of the Expe ditilm would not have Aline iu disembark them ; or that should .the English Generals carry info erl'ect this ill-planned Expeuition, they would be conquer ed before the. Annistice expired. `‘ This is a new example to the Continent of the disasters brought oh . by :tiliatice with Engittod:— Should its intluenee cause the war to be re-com menced, there is reason to hope it would not be for a bag period. The Armistice will have acce lerated its termination.. Tile remains of the Aus trian .army dispersed in . Behemia, Moravi.l, and Hungary, without a rallying pubt, aid .ti itl~i,ut communication, on atter another ei ithout a blow, before a viCtortous army of immense forte, strong from its confidence in its elnef,, and ihe memory of a long series of glorious achievements. Every thing announces that it has only to gather the fruits of victory. The happy results of the Armis tices of Marengo, Austerlitz, and Tilsit, are a fa vourable augury for that of Znaitn„ which the same genius dictated." ROME, JULY 10.--The 'Journal of the Capitol COIII.BIUS a variety ot Decrees of, the new Govern ment. One of these abolishes the. Tribunal of the and all the establishments attached to it. The archives and papers belonging to these several jurisdietions are put under seal, and consigned to the depot of the archives, an inventory of them be ing math. - By anuther Decree, a -great number of especial tribunals ate 'alsu abolished, as well as every tem poral jurisdiction hitherto possessed by the Clergy, secular or regular. Al! clerical privileges are an nulled, The figl,t (i'asyJurn rests IITJ lon! . ,er; in conse- qui;•• . • enee, the atithore or accomplices of or( Meg no longer be sheltertd from thevengean4,9:l ihr. . A new 4rabliSlamellt is nitde of lusticea , gzc. all of iithom arty 'nominated by the Etrli)eice. By, a third DeCree a ComMittee,isapp.(itited ivr the preservation of all" the.ancient, and modern nutnents of Rome, and . the. Ronian States: . 'A Committee is partieUlarlysharged.to tete preeilit tions for .preserving tlie .. .vipola of .§t, Peter 'lt'r)m lightning s ; and the paintings,Of ,R4ph 4 er, Are on the loggi of the , Vatican, from injuries ris n; ti-orn the air. This Committee consists of I\l relli, Direaiir of the Imperial Archn es ; Marini; J)ire&or of the Libraiy of the Vatican; Canova au,: CatnutCini: HOME CIRCUIT. A I~tAID TONE, AUG sT 1.--;Theassites for the County of Kent corthneticed this day before Lord ELLENBOROUGH and the LAW CHIEF? &hog. They both arrived bete lag iiight and read the Commis,. sion. This morning the business of the County begsu. CIVIL SIDE. SA/ORS LORD ELLSNSOROOOn. CONEY V. JONES. This was an aEtion at trover, to recover the vaine of a horse, to which the 'Plaintiff and De(endaut both laid claim as their oWti, and the question corn ed entirely on the identity of the animal. Mr. Serjeapt SHEPHERD,' for the Pl:Tintitf, stated, that a person of the name of Nolan hired to e horse in question of the Plaintiff in last, for the purpose of . going to Hythe, and when he arrived there it was claimed at the stable by the Defendant who insisted it was his horse, and that it had • been stolen from him some time back. He id en tified it because it had One .ye, a scar upon the' lump, and be also stated that it was a quiet horse in the stable. Now he should shew in evidence possession of the horse in question from the persons from whom the Plaintiff purchased it from the year 1803. It V. , ao true it had but one eye at that time, but with re sped .to the scar on the rump, he should prove that it happened since the horse came into the pUsseSiott of the Plaintiff, by running against a chaise shaft. The other criterion also by which the Defendant identified the horse, he should shew also to fail, for instead of the animal's being quiet in the stable, she had the habit of biting at all those who came near her. Witnesses were caiied: and proved' the above statement. Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the Plaintiff had shewn an uninterr :?ted possession of the horse in himself, and these under whom he claimed, since the year 1803, Pnii ltouglit the weight of evidence much in'his tavour. Verdi& for the Plaintiff. CROWD SIDE. Robert Girdler was capitally indied, under the Statute of the 20th Geo. it. for plundering a wreck on the isle of Sheppey. I‘.lr. CORWOOD having opened the inditiment, Mr. COMMON SERJEAUT stated the facts of the case. He ob,ierved, that the Prisonef was it di,!-.ted under a• very wholesome statute, which made it a capital fe lony -to steal from any vessel wrecked. Tile cir cumstances of the present case were, that on the night of the loth of January last, it being a very rough wind, a boat was driven ~shore on the Mawr el Minster, iu the Isle of Sheppey.. The bailiff, oT his agent of that Manor, put his mark upon it as :A wreck, which of right belonged to the Lord until the owner,appeared, but in the course or thar ni g ht the boat Was totally broken to piecei, and several parts of her were, shortly after found in the posses. sion of the Prisoner at the Bar. This prosecution, he observed, was instituted by the Lord of the Ma nor, to put an end to such piratical depredatiens in future, and not with any desire of wishing a severe judgment on the Prisoner at the Bar. Sew rat wit nesses were then called to prove the Plaintiff's case, but none of then) could say that the Pi isouer. broke the boat up, or indeed that it might not be beaten to pieces by the waves dashing it against the beech. The LORD CHIEF BARON said, this was a q w e s ti oq of the right of salvage, which ought to have been tried in a civd a6tion, and reprobated this mode of indidment for a capiial off,:tiee. rlie Jury found the n Prisoner 41 7 0 t Guilty; • ~A singular occurence took place qt the Carrickfar gus Assizes. Alexander - .111`Coy, who was charged vt ith a rape on Catharine M'Gawly, gate notice of his intention to surrender himself to he gaoler, and abide his trial at the present assizes. Accordingly he was returned in the calendar.. On the prisoner being arraigned, he pleaded as Alexander /Vl`Coy ; butt when about to be given in charge to the:fury, the Cotmsel for theCtoWn mentioned'to the Court, that he understood Alexander M'Coy was not in custody, but that his brother Daniel had personated him.— This appearing to be the fact, Daniel was ordered to remain- in custody; and to be prosecuted for the in tended imposition. On Saturday a Gentleman passing over London bridge, by some accident dropped a checqUe on a Banker, which he had recently received, lOr This, it seems, was found by a . person fppareutiy above the common rank of ide, who lost not.itne in presenting it for payment at the house, upon which it was Orawn ; fortunately for the owner, the Gen tieniati who drew it bad indorsed upon a the firm of the house of the Bankers of the person who lost it, who consequently refused to pay the money to any -person unless to their house. This unexpected check revived the embers of bottom in the. breast of tire finder,,. who then returned the checque under a blank cover to the rightful owner. , AN INSTANCE Of HONOUR AND HONESTY.—In the year 1787, Mr. Thomas Leishman, baker in Paisley,' had the milfOrtune to become insolvent; he got a settlement •at that time with his creditors, to whom he paid 4s. in• the pound, which was all the estate could afford, and was accordingly-discharged. Last week he called a meeting of these creditors, and atter suniptuoasly entertaining them at dinner, paid them the balance of his debts, with intere.it. Such an insta;;ce of strict-integrity, so laudable and praise worthy,. reflects much honour on himself and on his family, and-for the sake of human nature engirt not to be concealed. The gentlemen immeOiateli voted hint a valuable piece of plate, with an appro priate inscription, as a small testiolly of 21“,ir teem-and regard to a charaCter so highly meritorious. -r o t.